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Czech vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Czech


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Czech Republic  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
  • In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
42  
22
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ahoj  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
děkuji  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Jak se máš?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
dobrou noc  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
dobrý večer  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
dobré ráno  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
prosím  
будь ласк  

Sorry
litovat  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
sbohem  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Miluji tě  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
promiňte  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chod  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Lach  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
10,500,000.00  
36
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Moravian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.15 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
čeština / český jazyk  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
tchèque  
ukrainien  

German Name
Tschechisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Czechs  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Slavic  

Branch
Western  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Czech  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
73  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cs  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ces  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
cze  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
ces  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
ces  
ukr  

Glottocode
czec1258  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-da  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Czech and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Czech vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Ukrainian language. History of Czech language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Czech and Ukrainian Language History.

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Czech and Ukrainian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Czech and Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Ukrainian language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Czech vs Ukrainian Difficulty

The Czech vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech Alphabets and Ukrainian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Czech and Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.

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